“courthouse security”

Calling for the former members of the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force to testify in cases in which they were involved presents challenges for courthouse security.

A Maryland state senator is calling upon the Howard County Circuit Court to address a breach of security.

Deputy sheriffs at Baltimore County circuit courthouse in Towson say their dwindling numbers and inability to hire new employees in the last four years has left them increasingly concerned about security.

During a budget work session with the Harford County Council that focused on public safety agencies on Monday, State's Attorney Al Peisinger stressed the need for an updated space to reduce crowding and address security concerns.

While the Harford County Circuit Courthouse is undergoing a major rehab this summer, the 156-year-old Bel Air landmark still faces serious security and safety shortfalls and is "functionally obsolete," according to an engineering assessment of county-owned buildings.

Court employees are demanding judges temporarily close the Wabash Avenue district courthouse in Northwest Baltimore after they say several people contracted the coronavirus there.

A trial for Naeshawn Jaheim-Troy Perry, accused of killing a 15-year-old in 2017, was postponed Friday after too few jurors could be found to hear the case. Messages directed toward the accused were also found scrawled in the Harford County courthouse elevator several times this week.

Results from races for Howard County sheriff and state's attorney

Byron Macfarlane was charged with a misdemeanor for giving out his courthouse access ID card the same day he was re-elected.

Howard County prosecutors are not proceeding with criminal charges against Register of Wills Byron Macfarlane.

What is necessary is to provide full police coverage of our Harford County schools as soon as humanly possible. Let’s not wait for another tragedy to happen.

An administrative order issued Monday by Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals Mary Ellen Barbera placed courts on higher alert and limited them to emergency court actions.

Both Democrats, sheriff-elect Marcus Harris, 50, and Rich Gibson, 42, the state’s attorney-elect, unseated their Republican opponents in the November election.

Maryland's court system has failed for years to properly monitor how it spent tens of millions of dollars in contracts and lacked adequate oversight to prove it was getting the most cost effective deals for taxpayers, a state audit

A protest against Howard County Sheriff James Fitzgerald, accused of harassment and discrimination, is planned for Monday.

Five of Maryland's Congressional representatives are joining the call for Howard County Sheriff James Fitzgerald to resign.

The former Howard County sheriff who resigned following accusations of discrimination and retaliation says he's moving on.

Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman continues to press his county's embattled sheriff to resign, and says he's exploring more legal options to force him out if necessary.

The drumbeat for three-term Howard County Sheriff James Fitzgerald to step down has been constant since a report surfaced last week portraying an office where workers endured persistent racist taunting and a hostile atmosphere by the sheriff.

Bill McMahon, former Howard County Police Chief, vowed to restore public trust in the sheriff's office and build strong relationships between staff as he was sworn in as the county's sheriff Wednesday afternoon.

Former Harford County Sheriff Robert “Bob” Comes died on Feb. 19. He was …